The Maine Monitor Radio Hour

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: A Maine State Police trooper pinned a handcuffed man to the ground and repeatedly punched him in the face during an arrest. The episode raises questions about the agency’s use of force policy and its process for reviewing complaints. Reporters Josh Keefe and Callie Ferguson take listeners behind the scenes of their recent investigation.

Guests:
Josh Keefe, [email protected]
Callie Ferguson, [email protected]

FMI: themainemonitor.org/stop-punching-him/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: In this episode of The Maine Monitor Radio Hour, we hear from The Monitor’s two summer interns, Stacey Zhang and Yasmeen Khan, on their experiences trying to make a career in the field of journalism and how their Gen Z colleagues are consuming the news.

Guests:
Stacey Zhang – themainemonitor.org/author/stacey-zhang/
Yasmeen Khan – themainemonitor.org/author/yasmeen_khan/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Sawyer Loftus, an investigative reporter with Maine Focus, the investigative team at the Bangor Daily News and partner of The Maine Monitor, walks us through a story he worked on with ProPublica about a wave of foreclosures on Maine homes purchased with loans from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Guests:
Sawyer Loftus, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/usda-maine-foreclosures-rural-homeowners/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Josh Keefe takes listeners behind the scenes of his recent reporting on Maine’s child welfare system, including the story of one Maine woman’s fight to get her son back after an incident in a Presque Isle parking lot.

Guests:
Josh Keefe, government accountability reporter: [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/spanking-or-abuse/
themainemonitor.org/maine-foster-care-population-grew-fastest-nationally/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Reporters Rose Lundy and Kristian Moravec discuss their reporting on workforce shifts and challenges in health care and clean energy.

Guests:
Rose Lundy, [email protected]
Kristian Moravec, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/
themainemonitor.org/heat-pump-workforce-development/
themainemonitor.org/healthcare-workforce-diversity/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Child welfare and healthcare in Maine.

Guests:
Josh Keefe and Rose Lundy

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: A discussion with Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough and community news fellow Emily Hedegard about their recent series on Maine’s maternity care crisis, as well as the recent announcement that MDI Hospital will close its birthing unit.

Guests:
Kate Cough, [email protected]
Emily Hedegard, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/maternity-care-crisis/
themainemonitor.org/mdi-birthing-unit-closure/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: A discussion with Maine Monitor environmental reporter Emmett Gartner about the future of Maine’s dams, including the dams on Silver Lake, Alamoosook Lake, and Toddy Pond.

Guests:
Emmett Gartner, Environmental Reporter, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/bucksport-dam-event/
themainemonitor.org/divided-on-dams/